Environmental impact on society

Author: 
Achala Srivastava

Science & technology made our life easy and comfortable. It has conquered time and space to a great extent. It has also made means of transport and communication easier and quicker. The means of education through television, Internet etc. has made it interesting for man to spend his leisure time as well as learn a lot. The word, ‘Environment’ refers to the physical surroundings and regional setting or segment around the earth. It also indicates the surroundings of a place and community. Man is not just an organism but a sociological organism living and interacting with biology and ecology. Any type of disturbances in a natural cycle which creates ecological imbalance are the root cause of environmental pollution, increasing at a terrific rate such as, the rapid depletion of the ozone layer, growing greenhouse effect, massive deforestation and pollution of water etc. are needed to be halted without delay.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.10659.1816
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